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Data: National UFO Reporting Center, U.S. Census Bureau; Map: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals The American West is the place to go if you want to spot some UFOs, Axios' Alex Fitzpatrick and Erin Davis report. ? Lincoln County, Nevada, home to Area 51, a top-secret Air Force base, had the most UFO sightings of any U.S. county, according to the National UFO Reporting Center — a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization where people can file reports of unusual phenomena. ? Between the lines: UFO sightings tend to happen in the parts of the U.S. where the night sky is the darkest. Many of these sightings are likely military activity (especially those near Area 51, which has a storied history of classified aircraft tests), satellites or scientific phenomena — not aliens.

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Pilot saw UFO "twice the size of a city" during flight over Mexico

An airline pilot claims he saw a "UFO twice the size of a city" while flying over Mexico. Arturo Saucedo recounted his experience in this video for the No Es Contra Ti podcast.

https://local.newsbreak.com/california-state/3340144375384-pilot-saw-ufo-twice-the-size-of-a-city-during-flight-over-mexico?

ps:Seriously??

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Obama saw "no evidence" of aliens

Image: Instagram Former President Obama says he "saw no evidence" during his presidency that aliens have contacted Earth, clarifying his recent headline-grabbing podcast appearance. 🪐 Obama on Instagram yesterday: "Statistically, the universe is so vast that the odds are good there's life out there." "But the distances between solar systems are so great that the chances we've been visited by aliens is low, and I saw no evidence during my presidency that extraterrestrials have made contact with us. Really!" 👽 Obama, after being asked about aliens on "No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen": "They're real, but I haven't seen them. And they're not being kept in ... Area 51." (Watch) Mapped: UFO sightings.

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As UFOs go mainstream, the jury is out on what the existence of alien life might mean for religion In his new film “Disclosure Day,” Steven Spielberg is once again inviting audiences to ponder the existence of extraterrestrial life — and the implications it would have for religion on Earth. But Spielberg isn't the only one making headlines of late about UFOs and the possibility of life on other planets. What was once considered fringe or conspiratorial has in recent months popped up everywhere from the White House to the Catholic Church, as public fascination with unidentified anomalous phenomena — or UAPs, as the government calls them — becomes more mainstream. Read more.

Why this matters: The Pentagon in May made public large swaths of UFO files with very little context, leaving curious sleuths to piece together their own interpretations. The dump came just weeks after former President Barack Obama set off a media frenzy for stating that aliens are real. Some religious adherents, as well as some nonbelievers, maintain that the existence of life on other planets might undermine many faiths because it would complicate assertions that humans are unique. But others argue the opposite.   UFOs are often thought of as hostile. But some religions see them as good or even part of a divine plan. Some adherents to the Nation of Islam, for example, believe that its founder will inaugurate an apocalyptic return to Earth on a spaceship.

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